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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker ====== |
A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to | A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to | ||
- | The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, | + | The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney |
- | No 58 Price 3d. OCTOBER, 1939 | + | No 58 Price 3d. |
- | Editor: Dorothy Lawry\\ Business Manager: Brian Harvey\\ | + | ===== October, 1939 ===== |
- | Publication Staff: Misses Doreen Harris, Jessie Martin, Mary Stoddart; Messrs. Bill Mullins and Arthur Salmon. | + | |
- | CONTENTS | + | |**Editor**|Dorothy Lawry| |
+ | |**Business Manager**|Brian Harvey| | ||
+ | |**Publication Staff**|Misses Doreen Harris, Jessie Martin, Mary Stoddart; Messrs. Bill Mullins and Arthur Salmon.| | ||
- | |A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT | + | ===== Contents ===== |
- | |Search and Rescue | + | |
+ | |A Letter from the President| | ||
+ | |Search and Rescue|M. Bacon|2| | ||
+ | |Paddy' | ||
+ | |The Cox and The Cow|" | ||
+ | |Map Announcement|River Canoe Club of NSW|5| | ||
+ | |"The Voracious Vegetarian" | ||
+ | |H.V. Leckie' | ||
+ | |The " | ||
+ | |Federation News| |9| | ||
+ | |Editor' | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | |At Our Own Meeting| |13| | ||
+ | |Club Gossip| |14| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== A Letter from the President ===== | ||
- | Paddy' | ||
- | The Cox and The Cow by " | ||
- | Map Announcement - River Canoe Club of NSW " | ||
- | "The Voracious Vegetarian" | ||
- | H.V. Leckie' | ||
- | The " | ||
- | Federation News .... . .... fl 9 | ||
- | Editor' | ||
- | ) ... ft 10 | ||
- | " | ||
- | At Our Own Meeting | ||
- | Club Gossip . | ||
- | A LETTER FRC,M THE PRESIDENT | ||
To The Members of The Sydney Bush Walkers: | To The Members of The Sydney Bush Walkers: | ||
- | Since the last issue of this magazine, the many months of tension | + | |
- | No one can foretell what the next fewyeeks, months, or years may | + | Since the last issue of this magazine, the many months of tension |
- | bring, but I think I shall not be unduly pessimistic if I say that many changes will take place in our Club. Many members will, no doubt, have their time well occupied with emergency services and duties that will preclude them from Club work; and many present executives may be among them. Possibly the Club may not be able to continue to rent a room for its usual Friday night meetings, and the whole organization may have to be revised to suit altered conditions. To all of us this Club means something, to most of us a great deal, and it is unthinkable that it should cease to exist. | + | |
- | In a club with so large a membership as our own,it should not be | + | No one can foretell what the next few weeks, months, or years may bring, but I think I shall not be unduly pessimistic if I say that many changes will take place in our Club. Many members will, no doubt, have their time well occupied with emergency services and duties that will preclude them from Club work; and many present executives may be among them. Possibly the Club may not be able to continue to rent a room for its usual Friday night meetings, and the whole organization may have to be revised to suit altered conditions. |
- | difficult to find others willing to assume responsibilities if those doing the work are unable to carry on. This may mean that members who have not hitherto | + | |
- | taken an active part in the management of the Club will be called on to do so. | + | In a club with so large a membership as our own,it should not be difficult to find others willing to assume responsibilities if those doing the work are unable to carry on. This may mean that members who have not hitherto taken an active part in the management of the Club will be called on to do so. |
- | I make an earnest appeal to: all members, while it is at all possible, to take as their motto, "The Club must go on". | + | |
- | To us Bushwalkers, | + | I make an earnest appeal to all members, while it is at all possible, to take as their motto, "The Club must go on". |
- | - - | + | |
- | the bush, provide not merely a recreation or a pastime, but are the means of bringing us tremendous joy in good times, and peace and comfort in less happy ones, so it is most important that the Club - as a means of knowing the bush and helping others to do so - shall continue. | + | To us Bushwalkers, |
- | 3uring | + | |
- | this greater external | + | During |
- | RICHARD CROKER. | + | |
- | SEARCH AND Rw,SCUE | + | Richard Croker |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Search and Rescue ===== | ||
by M. Bacon. | by M. Bacon. | ||
- | The N.S.W. Federation of Bushwalking Clubs combined much pleasure with 1 the business of training its members in reccue | + | |
- | September 9th and lOtt, in the Springwood-Nepean district. | + | The N.S.W. Federation of Bushwalking Clubs combined much pleasure with the business of training its members in rescue |
- | seven parties set out on Saturday each to get " | + | |
- | parties and gain the decorated leather "Scalp". Before it could be legally taken the condition of the lost party had to be treated. You can imagine Ron | + | Seven parties set out on Saturday each to get " |
- | Eddes' consternation, | + | Eddes' consternation, |
- | In spite of having to do something to earn the " | + | |
- | Careful planning had resulted in searchers and rescued in most sections being members of different clubs. Such mingling of the various clubs was good, but what impression did visitors get of S.B.W. members listening to the Comedy Harmonists broadcast from portable radio sets around the campfire? Let us hope the S.B.W' | + | In spite of having to do something to earn the " |
- | 4;? were part of the S & R Practice; they were to enable the searchers to receive messages of instruction or recall. If the Comedy Harmonists came over the | + | |
- | air instead.... | + | Careful planning had resulted in searchers and rescued in most sections being members of different clubs. Such mingling of the various clubs was good, but what impression did visitors get of S.B.W. members listening to the Comedy Harmonists broadcast from portable radio sets around the campfire? |
- | And, Oh the number of small cars that disgorged large numbers of large walkera | + | air instead... |
- | - 3 - | + | |
- | exercises, each party having been given a fixed hour to leave its allotted area, | + | And, Oh! the number of small cars that disgorged large numbers of large walkers |
- | Many experiences were told on the homeward journey. The " | + | |
- | There was general agreement on the excellence of the organisation; | + | Many experiences were told on the homeward journey. |
- | The manoeuvres were brought to a close by a brief description of the weekend events over Station | + | |
- | A STATEMENT OF POLICY | + | There was general agreement on the excellence of the organisation; |
- | Paddy is pleased to announce that he has ample stocks on hand of imported ducks and japara. This fortunate circumstance is not the result of shrewd foresight, but just a fortunate accident, The effect, however, is the same, It means that for months to come Paddy-made gear will be sold at the same prices as have been charged in the past, despite increased cost of locally purchased | + | |
+ | The manoeuvres were brought to a close by a brief description of the weekend events over Station | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== A Statement of Policy ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy is pleased to announce that he has ample stocks on hand of imported ducks and japara. | ||
There is no knowing what the months to come have in store for us all, but walkers may rest assured that Paddy will at all times do the fair thing and not take advantage of circumstances, | There is no knowing what the months to come have in store for us all, but walkers may rest assured that Paddy will at all times do the fair thing and not take advantage of circumstances, | ||
- | PADDY PALLIN | + | |
- | 327 George Street, | + | **Paddy Pallin**\\ |
+ | 327 George Street, | ||
+ | Opp, Palings,\\ | ||
'Phone B.3101. | 'Phone B.3101. | ||
- | - 4 - | + | |
- | THE COX AND THE COW | + | ===== The Cox and the Cow ===== |
By " | By " | ||
- | How meny of us "go down" the Cox and on return fail to rhapsodise on its beauties? Are not our photograph albums bulging with records? No matter how often one may have been on the river, does he or she cease to | + | |
- | appreciate the marvellous change of scene at every bend, the looming ridges | + | How many of us "go down" the Cox and on return fail to rhapsodise on its beauties? |
- | the sun on the sparkling rapids, and the stately groves of casurinas? Perhaps | + | |
- | it is the casurina | + | The value of this tree as stock feed in dry spells is very high and it is undeniably truth that the cattle are eating the succulent tops of the young plants as soon as they appear. |
- | the Cox-Kowmung Junction is probably the most picturesque and impressive, while that opposite Konangaroo Clearing, viewed against the early sun, is a spectacle never to be forgotten. (I can hear Wally Roots sigh as I write). Again, the green, cool glade on the wide river flat opposite Gibraltar Creek, | + | |
- | with sunlight filtering through, comes a close third. But does one not notice that all, or nearly all, the casurinas | + | There are therefore two main menaces |
- | The value of this tree as stock feed in dry spells is very high and it is undeniably truth that the cattle are eating the succulent tops of the young plants as soon as they appear. A cursory examination of the Cox and | + | |
- | its tributaries will certainly disclose this state of affairs. To add insult | + | The possibility of transplanting should be fully investigated, |
- | to injury, during a recent drought a certain well known cattle man of Burragorang, employed an axeman, not to lop, but to fell a row of casurinas, a | + | |
- | couple of miles above the KowTung | + | The second menace is not so easy to combat, but I suggest a tactful letter addressed to those holding grazing rights |
- | There are therefore two main menances | + | |
- | ,spend half-an-hour before moving off each morning (" | + | Another point not to be overlooked is the continued supply of firewood. |
- | the dark) in the protective measure of erecting a wooden guard about five feet high, round a thriving undamaged seedling. Your discarded tent poles will make an excellent basis to start on | + | |
- | The possibility of transplanting should be fully investigated, | + | When our Greater Blue Mountains National Park dream is realised, I hope to see a regulation to exclude cattle from the domain, as they are destructive to saplings on the river banks, and, in addition, erosion results from their grazing on the heights. |
- | The second menace is not so easy to combat, but I suggest a tactful letter addressed to those holding grazing rights | + | |
- | Another point not to be overlooked is the continued supply of firewood. | + | Unless steps are taken **now** |
- | - 5-. | + | |
- | When our Greater Blue Mountains National Park dream it realisc: | + | I write in the hope that conservationists and Federation Delegates may consider the matter of sufficient importance to set the necessary machinery in motion. |
- | Unless steps are taken NOW to protect the trees, in the years to come we will possess a miserable waterway lined with gaunt white spectres to remind us that we failed to fulfil our obligations to protect the country for posterity. | + | |
- | I write in the hope that conservationists and Federation Delegates may consider the matter of sufficient importance to set the necessary machinery in motion. Such an action, if made known to the authorities, | + | |
It might be of passing interest to learn if the Trustees of Blue Gum Forest have any afforestation scheme to ensure the perpetuity of their reserve, which may serve as a model on which to base this project. | It might be of passing interest to learn if the Trustees of Blue Gum Forest have any afforestation scheme to ensure the perpetuity of their reserve, which may serve as a model on which to base this project. | ||
- | LATE NEWS FROM THE MAPPING SECTION OF THE RIVER CANOE CLUB. | + | |
- | As we have previously advised our readers, the River Canoe Club of N.S.W. is prepared to allow members of any of the affiliated Bushwalking Clubs to peruse the special river maps that have been prepared by'its very active Mapping Section. We are happy to announce that Map No.11. has now been added to their collection, and that it covers, | + | ===== Late News from the Mapping Section of the River Canoe Club ===== |
- | THE MANNING RIVER (Barrington River Junction to Wingham section). | + | |
- | THE VORACIOUS VEGETARIAN | + | As we have previously advised our readers, the River Canoe Club of N.S.W. is prepared to allow members of any of the affiliated Bushwalking Clubs to peruse the special river maps that have been prepared by its very active Mapping Section. |
- | The snail' | + | |
- | But oh, the lots and lots of good these lettuce-lovers eat Where you and I would be content with one nice juicy chop, The vegetarian requires three-quarters of a crop. We go to bed at ten o' | + | =====The Voracious Vegetarian ===== |
- | Instead of gnawing at a bone, as dogs are glad to do, | + | |
- | He'll eat a row of peas and beans and all your seedlings, too. The dog or cat is cheap to feed, an economic pet, And dogs, may easily be trained, are versed in etiquette; But vegetarianism is a very different tale, | + | The snail' |
+ | But oh, the lots and lots of food these lettuce-lovers eat!\\ | ||
+ | Where you and I would be content with one nice juicy chop,\\ | ||
+ | The vegetarian requires three-quarters of a crop.\\ | ||
+ | We go to bed at ten o' | ||
+ | Indulging uninvited his voracious appetite;\\ | ||
+ | Instead of gnawing at a bone, as dogs are glad to do,\\ | ||
+ | He'll eat a row of peas and beans and all your seedlings, too.\\ | ||
+ | The dog or cat is cheap to feed, an economic pet,\\ | ||
+ | And dogs may easily be trained, are versed in etiquette;\\ | ||
+ | But vegetarianism is a very different tale,\\ | ||
And none may curb the greed or mend the manners of the snail, | And none may curb the greed or mend the manners of the snail, | ||
- | RUTH M. BEDFORD | + | |
+ | Ruth M. Bedford | ||
In "The Sydney Morning Herald" | In "The Sydney Morning Herald" | ||
- | H. \i. L EC K I C. A R PS. FOR | + | |
- | \E\/ US f) | + | ===== The "Tigers" |
- | C AMER A\ S. | + | |
- | Call ay my Showroom conveniently situated in | + | By Clare Kinsella. |
- | Colonial Mutual Arcade 10a MARTIN PLACE, SYDNEY (next to Tourist Bureau) | + | |
- | Expert Developing, Printing & Enlarging Service | + | Accepting an invitation to go walking with the " |
- | Fresh rtocks of all makes of FILMS and PRINTING PAPERS always on hand. | + | |
- | SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO MEMBERS OF ALL | + | My first " |
- | BUSHWALKING CLUBS | + | |
- | "THE " | + | I was told by one of the " |
- | By Clare Kinsella, | + | |
- | Accepting an invitation to go walking with the " | + | We were to meet at 6.30 p.m. behind Redfern Station. |
- | My first " | + | |
- | I was told by one of the " | + | |
- | We were to meet at 6.30 p m. behind Redfern Station. Eight o' | + | |
The truck owner had mixed his bookings, this truck was a substitute and he had to leave us at Liverpool to the tender mercies of Jack Debert, but he'd been driving for a couple of weeks, so we felt comparatively safe. | The truck owner had mixed his bookings, this truck was a substitute and he had to leave us at Liverpool to the tender mercies of Jack Debert, but he'd been driving for a couple of weeks, so we felt comparatively safe. | ||
- | We sped along through the ' | + | |
- | We arrived at Fitzroy Falls, crossed the bridge and stopped. Ha the first sign of temperament | + | We sped along through the dark night, seeing nothing, but hearing and feeling a lot. At length we left the good road and turned off for Fitzroy Falls and went flippety-flop like flap-jacks in a pan. |
- | - 8 - | + | |
- | valley below, we prepared to climb aboard, but the truck refused to budge. | + | We arrived at Fitzroy Falls, crossed the bridge and stopped. |
- | The boys rallied round and pished | + | |
- | Cn the crest of a hill we' | + | On the crest of a hill we came to a sudden halt and when the experts got to work, they found that the fan belt had slipped and the fan had cut into the back of the radiator which could no longer hold its liquor. |
- | At last we arrived at the falls where we lunched and it was decided that some should go on down into the valley while Debert and a few stalwarts took the truck into Robertson and returned in Bertiet | + | |
- | That night we watcked-torch light talks between Rowley and Tim on the hillside and the other people at the look-out on top. We wondered at the fate of the others and were rejoiced to see Billy Burke' | + | At last we arrived at the falls where we lunched and it was decided that some should go on down into the valley while Debert and a few stalwarts took the truck into Robertson and returned in Bertie' |
- | When we were once more united we set off along the valley in pleasant sunshine and finished up at nightfall in a deserted house. We stayed there until after lunch next day, a very lazy time, then climbed the hill opposite the farm, to where the truck was awaiting us. | + | |
- | Although the garage man had lone his best, the poor thing was far from well. The spark plugs wouldn' | + | That night we watched |
- | Then the lights failed We waited until Bertie' | + | |
- | - 9 - | + | When we were once more united we set off along the valley in pleasant sunshine and finished up at nightfall in a deserted house. |
- | became a little restless and agitated on these curves, with a constant | + | |
- | stream of traffic speeding past, but Debert stuck to the wheel with exem- | + | Although the garage man had done his best, the poor thing was far from well. The spark plugs wouldn' |
- | pTaty fortitude and eventually deposited us, safe and sound, in the city at 11 p m. | + | |
- | We picked up the owner of the truck at Liverpool and what Debert said to him we don't know. Luckily the conversation took place in the privacy of the driving cabin, otherwise our ears might have been scorched. | + | Then the lights failed! |
- | I'm looking forward immensely to my next " | + | |
- | wonder, what " | + | We picked up the owner of the truck at Liverpool and what Debert said to him we don't know. Luckily the conversation took place in the privacy of the driving cabin, otherwise our ears might have been scorched. |
- | for next time, but of what use is idle conjecture? I am content to leave it in the lap of the gods. | + | |
- | " | + | I'm looking forward immensely to my next " |
- | FEDERATION NEWS | + | |
+ | ===== Federation News ===== | ||
From the report of the Federation Council Meeting held on August 25th the S.B.W. learned, among other things, that----- | From the report of the Federation Council Meeting held on August 25th the S.B.W. learned, among other things, that----- | ||
- | Arising from suggestions made at a meeting of the Kuring-gai Chase Trust which was attended by representatives of the Federation, Council decided to co-operate with the Trust in an effort to locate and preserve | + | |
- | The Ball Committee reported that the, | + | Arising from suggestions made at a meeting of the Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust which was attended by representatives of the Federation, Council decided to co-operate with the Trust in an effort to locate and preserve |
- | suggestions regarding | + | |
- | discussion;) Council decided to -book the Show Boat for a Saturday night in October, 1940:-. - - | + | The Ball Committee reported that the attendance at **this year's Ball** |
- | Advice was received that Miss Byleg- | + | |
- | _ teeting ifor-Sdpte' | + | Advice was received that Miss Byles and Mr. Pallin had convened |
- | for'the-less-energetic walkers and older people (As this magazine goes to press before that date, the result of the meeting will have to be reported in next issue. - Ed). | + | |
- | Mr. Loder resigned from the position of Convenor of the Publicit:ir | + | Mr. Loder resigned from the position of Convenor of the **Publicity |
- | Bureau, owing to pressure of-.-infork._: | + | |
- | to fill the vacancy. | + | The Publication Committee |
- | eh The: | + | |
- | cOPie' | + | According to the report received from the **Garawarra |
- | : - | + | |
- | - | + | Arising from the recommendation of the recent Federation Conference, the Council decided |
- | According to -6:116 ,report received, from the Gdrawarra | + | |
- | -10- | + | Also it was decided to form a **Finance |
- | the Ranger considered that five or six rangers were necessary in view of the large nutber | + | |
- | Arising from the recommendation of the recent Federation Conference, the Council decided | + | The proposal for an **annual re-union** camp was discussed but the Council' |
- | Also it was decided to form a Financa | + | |
- | Gleeson and Freeman were appointed to it. | + | ===== Editor's Note ===== |
- | The proposal for an annual re-union camp. was discussed but the Council' | + | |
- | 111.1=1., | + | At the end of last issue we published two verses without title or author' |
- | EDITOR'S NOTE | + | |
- | At the end of last issue we published two verses without title or author' | + | If you, Reader, should know, or come across, any short pieces of verse or prose which you think would be suitable for " |
- | apologise to " | + | |
- | If you, Reader, should know, or come across, any short pieces of | + | ===== Quotation from "Sunlit Trails" |
- | verse or prose which you think would be suitable for " | + | |
- | Editor will be grateful if you will let her have them - comiaete | + | |
- | QUOTATION FROM "SUNLIT TRAILS" | + | |
By Archer Russell. | By Archer Russell. | ||
- | It was a sunny day, and it seemed as if every bird in the valley had foregathered in the dappled sunlight to sing us along the way. Every nook and bush and tree seemed to hold a feathered choir, some fluting, some whistling, some warbling, and all in sweetest mood. Even the wattle birds, mouthing noisy gatterals | + | |
- | "HIGHLIGHTS" | + | It was a sunny day, and it seemed as if every bird in the valley had foregathered in the dappled sunlight to sing us along the way. Every nook and bush and tree seemed to hold a feathered choir, some fluting, some whistling, some warbling, and all in sweetest mood. Even the wattle birds, mouthing noisy gutterals |
- | 11 | + | |
- | Sponsored by | + | ===== "Highlights" |
- | STEPHENSON & BIRD | + | |
- | Opticians, Optometrists and Orthopists. 2 Martin Place, Sydney. | + | ==== On colour blindness ==== |
- | ' | + | |
- | XB 44o7 A.S. T.C. (Dip.Opt) F.I.u, | + | "It is interesting to find that most flowers which depend on birds for pollination are red, while pure red is a very rare colour among insect-fertilised flowers. |
- | 0. | + | |
- | ON COLOUR BLINDNESS | + | We know from experiment that bees are incapable of seeing ' |
- | "It is interesting to find that most flowers which depend on birds for pollination are red, while pure red is a very rare colour among insect- fertilised flowers, | + | |
- | We know from experiment that bees are incapable of seeing ' | + | The above statement is quoted verbatim from H.G.Wells, and I think it requires modification. |
- | The above statement is quoted verbatim from H.G.Wells, and I think it requires modification. The birds referred to are honey-eaters, | + | |
- | other birds are certainly excluded. For instance, you have all remarked the Satin Bower Bird and its preference for blue, | + | By the way, statistics show that 4% of all males (European) are colour-blind, and while this does not affect the individuals very much, they should be aware of their idiosyncracy. |
- | By the way statistics show that 4% of all males (European) are colorblind, and while this does not affect the individuals very much, they should be aware of their idiosyncracy: It means that there are probably six or eight colour-blind males in the club and probably each and everyone | + | |
- | , | + | ==== On Bushwalking ==== |
- | ON BUS HWALKING | + | |
- | As not one of our new or prospective members has yet supplied us with any Highlights on Bushwalking for this issue, the Editor turns the spotlight on the official trip of the last weekend in August. There certainly were | + | As not one of our new or prospective members has yet supplied us with any Highlights on Bushwalking for this issue, the Editor turns the spotlight on the official trip of the last weekend in August. |
- | some highlights to that walk: It was listed to go from Wondatyne | + | |
- | There were about eighteen in the party which set off on the Saturday | + | There were about eighteen in the party which set off on the Saturday to enjoy the splendid wildflowers and magnificent views of Kariong Peninsula, and, in addition, one girl had arranged to join them on the Sunday - at a specified time and place, the route to which had been described by the leader. --- "You turn your back on Mullet |
- | to enjoy the splendid wildflowers and magnificent views of Kariong Peninsula; and, in addition, one girl had arranged to join them on the Sunday - at a specified time and place, the route to which had been described by the leader.---" | + | |
- | - 12 - | + | |
back of the Station till --- then --- etc. etc." | back of the Station till --- then --- etc. etc." | ||
- | The train crawled across the Hawkesbury River Bridge, then thundered on northwards; the party prepared to alight at the small, unattended platform that constituted Wondabyne Station - but the train did not stop, The station had been moved about half-a--mile to the North, to a more convenient site near a stone quarry! | + | |
- | The leader explains that it was dark when he was at Wondabyne the previous weekend and he did not notice that the station was not in its usual spot 1 I Still, that did not help the girl who spent the Sunday alone in the bush, No, they did not "find the spot" where she would wait for them; the party was too busy having adventures. | + | The train crawled across the Hawkesbury River Bridge, then thundered on northwards; the party prepared to alight at the small, unattended platform that constituted Wondabyne Station - but the train did not stop. |
- | Although it was only August, from one point they counted the smokes of elevenpush fires, and it the middle of the night they had to get up and fight a bushf ire that was threatening their camp. On Sunday one section of their route crossed an area they had seen the day before green, smiling, and ablaze with wildflowers. Now, alas, it was a blackened desolation, And this was only August! | + | |
- | Then one of the boys !frayed | + | The leader explains that it was dark when he was at Wondabyne the previous weekend and he did not notice that the station was not in its usual spot!! |
- | One of the girls provided the next excitement by having a fall, and the leader held his breath, and all the men of the party had secret palpitations, | + | |
- | By the time the leader had recovered from the shock of a second girl going sprawling - again without any serious damage being done - he had decided that his party was quite large enough without collecting another girl; and anyway it was after the arranged time of meeting and they were nowhere near the spot, and she might not have started out; and if she had she was quite capable of looking after herself -- And so she was, Really he is a very good and careful leader, but it certainly is a little hard on bushwalkers when stations go roaming round the countryside | + | Although it was only August, from one point they counted the smokes of eleven bushfires, and in the middle of the night they had to get up and fight a bushfire |
+ | |||
+ | Then one of the boys strayed | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of the girls provided the next excitement by having a fall, and the leader held his breath, and all the men of the party had secret palpitations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | By the time the leader had recovered from the shock of a second girl going sprawling - again without any serious damage being done - he had decided that his party was quite large enough without collecting another girl; and anyway it was after the arranged time of meeting and they were nowhere near the spot, and she might not have started out; and if she had she was quite capable of looking after herself -- And so she was. | ||
Now, which of you readers can tell us a better bushwalking story than that? | Now, which of you readers can tell us a better bushwalking story than that? | ||
+ | |||
Don't be shy, and don't put off writing it till next year; do it now, and hand it to the Editor next Friday night - or post it, care of the Club. | Don't be shy, and don't put off writing it till next year; do it now, and hand it to the Editor next Friday night - or post it, care of the Club. | ||
- | Remember, this is your Club Magazine, | + | |
- | - 13 - | + | Remember, this is **your** Club Magazine. |
- | AT OUR OWN MEETING | + | |
- | The Half Yearly General Meeting was held on September 8th. , The members present were pleased to welcome the following new members | + | ===== At our own Meeting ===== |
- | Young and Edna Stretton and Mehsrs. Fred i Kennedy, Jack ManSon | + | |
- | 0 | + | The Half Yearly General Meeting was held on September 8th. The members present were pleased to welcome the following new members, Misses Doris Young and Edna Stretton and Messrs. Fred. Kennedy, Jack Manson |
- | Ramsay. | + | |
- | It was announced that Audtey LuMSden | + | It was announced that Audrey Lumsden |
One interesting item from the correspondence was that the Federation has adopted the suggestion made at the recent Conference and Council has changed its meeting night from the fourth Friday to the third Tuesday for an experimental period of three months. | One interesting item from the correspondence was that the Federation has adopted the suggestion made at the recent Conference and Council has changed its meeting night from the fourth Friday to the third Tuesday for an experimental period of three months. | ||
- | From the Federation report we learned that, during the recent Federation Conference, it was suggested that a Federation Annual Reunion be held, so that the members of the various Federated Clubs could have the opportunity of meeting each other. After discussion, it was decided that our Delegates be informed that this Club does not support the suggestion. | + | |
- | Three motions were brought forward to maim alterations to the Constitution. It was proposed by Tom Herbert that an addition be made in the clause covering the rejection of prospective members. This motion was carried and Section 5, Sub-section (h) of the Constitution now reads:- | + | From the Federation report we learned that, during the recent Federation Conference, it was suggested that a Federation Annual Reunion be held, so that the members of the various Federated Clubs could have the opportunity of meeting each other. |
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- | On completion of the foregoing requirements and subject to sub-clause (b) the prospective member' | + | Three motions were brought forward to make alterations to the Constitution. |
- | The other two motions, proposed by Jack Debert and Alex. Colley | + | |
- | The prospects of holding a Bushwalker Concert were discussed, and the Social Secretary(tdna Garrad) reported that the Concert Committee was finding considerable difficulty in securing a suitable site for an outdoor concert. It was moved by " | + | > "**Section 5 Sub-section (h) (as altered 8/9/39)** |
- | Apropos of the foregoing, Frank Duncan suggested that the Club hold two | + | |
- | * Annual Reunions, one for members only, as usual, the other to take the form of a campfire entertainment, | + | > On completion of the foregoing requirements and subject to sub-clause (b) the prospective member' |
- | road, to which all members, prospective members and friends could be invited., The meeting accepted the suggestion, and the Social Committee will go itto the matter fully and make a report at a later date. | + | |
- | Before the meeting closed the President spoke briefly regarding the 4> present unsettled conditions in the world and urged members to continue | + | The other two motions, proposed by Jack Debert and Alex. Colley |
- | to bushwalk whenever possible and to carry on the Club and its traditions in spite of the difficulties we would all have to face during the troublesome times ahead. | + | |
- | CLUB GOSSIP | + | The prospects of holding a Bushwalker Concert were discussed, and the Social Secretary (Edna Garrad) reported that the Concert Committee was finding considerable difficulty in securing a suitable site for an outdoor concert. |
- | Here is some more news of our own " | + | |
- | ' | + | Apropos of the foregoing, Frank Duncan suggested that the Club hold two Annual Reunions, one for members only, as usual, the other to take the form of a campfire entertainment, |
- | For nearly a month now, Rita Hundt has been wearing a lovely diamond ring. Yes, Cupid at work again; and the lucky man is Mr. Tom Barnes, not yet a fully fledged walker, but Rita told us she met him while spending holidays at Blatches' | + | |
+ | Before the meeting closed the President spoke briefly regarding the present unsettled conditions in the world and urged members to continue to bushwalk whenever possible and to carry on the Club and its traditions in spite of the difficulties we would all have to face during the troublesome times ahead. | ||
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+ | Here is some more news of our own " | ||
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+ | Another of our members who will be a married man by the time you read this is Jim. Muir, who is making a special trip to Sydney from Coolamon for his wedding on September 30th to Miss Marguerite Aurousseau. | ||
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+ | For nearly a month now, Rita Hundt has been wearing a lovely diamond ring. Yes, Cupid at work again; and the lucky man is Mr. Tom Barnes, not yet a fully fledged walker, but Rita told us she met him while spending holidays at Blatches' | ||
On behalf of all their bushwalker friends, we wish them all -- Good Walking, Good Camping, and the Best of Luck always! | On behalf of all their bushwalker friends, we wish them all -- Good Walking, Good Camping, and the Best of Luck always! | ||
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- | Wiff Knight is back in Sydney. Have you seen his photos of his Queensland trip yet? He took a lot, and some of them illustrate the trip which he has written up for our November issue. | + | Winter |
- | Just as we were going to press Hubert, the Wireless Bird, came flying | + | Wiff Knight is back in Sydney. |
- | in with word that young Bernadette Carlon was married at Parkes about a fortnight ago to Mr. Fred Allen. Lucky chap! Cheerio, and best wishes from all the Bushwalkers, | + | |
- | Look out! Here comes a Ripley ripple to rock the boat! From certain reports in this issue of this magazine you will gather that at least one Club member had received the impression that the Federation meetings were definitely changed from fourth Fridays to third Tuesdays as a three-months' | + | Just as we were going to press Hubert, the Wireless Bird, came flying in with word that young Bernadette Carlon was married at Parkes about a fortnight ago to Mr. Fred Allen. |
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- | of the next meeting. Whether or not the censor thought the notice would be | + | Look out! Here comes a Ripley ripple to rock the boat! From certain reports in this issue of this magazine you will gather that at least one Club member had received the impression that the Federation meetings were definitely changed from fourth Fridays to third Tuesdays as a three-months' |
- | 2 of value to the enemy is not known, but it is a matter of history that on the third Tuesday in Septembe' | + | of the next meeting. |
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